Hyphenation of neglect

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word neglect? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ne-glect

Definitions of neglect:

1.
Lack of attention and due care
2.
The state of something that has been unused and neglected
The house was in a terrible state of neglect
3.
Willful lack of care and attention
4.
The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
5.
Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
6.
Leave undone or leave out
How could I miss that typo? The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten
7.
Fail to do something
Leave something undone She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account
8.
Fail to attend to
He neglects his children
9.
Give little or no attention to
Disregard the errors

Synonyms of neglect:

noun disregard, inattention
noun disuse, decline, declination
noun disregard, mistreatment
noun negligence, neglectfulness, carelessness
noun negligence, carelessness, nonperformance, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
verb pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
verb fail
verb ignore, disregard

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